By CASEY MCNERTHNEY, SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF

Published 10:00 pm, Thursday, January 27, 2011

The investigation into a University of Washington basketball player accused of sexual assault is being reviewed by the King County Prosecutor's Office.

The case was referred to prosecutors late Tuesday. The Prosecutor's Office doesn't have a charging deadline.

The player has been neither arrested nor charged.

The 16-year-old girl involved in the Jan. 8 incident lied about going to a movie with a friend and met up with the player and others at an apartment near Garfield High School, according to police.

The girl, who initially met the basketball player online, told investigators she was forced to perform oral sex on him, police said. The girl left the apartment and had family members pick her up in the Central District. She was later taken to Harborview Medical Center for an evaluation, police said.

Police have been investigating the case and whether the girl gave her consent.

Family of the girl have contacted both KIRO/7 and KING/5 to discuss the case. The girl's father, who was upset about the case, also discussed the incident on KIRO FM, saying he heard about it on talk radio two days after the alleged incident.

UW basketball coach Lorenzo Romar has not discussed the case in detail, but said he and others are taking the allegation and investigation seriously. Seattlepi.com is not naming the player because he hasn't been charged.

"However, there is not nearly enough information at this point for us to determine what's going to be done here," Romar said Jan. 11. "Right now, we just have to give a little more time to decide what's going to come of this. Beyond that, I'm not going to say much more about it."